Hello! Lately my computer has been having a strange behavior. It crashes when I touch it, but very specifically when I touch it after getting up from my chair, while I have my rubber sandals on, because when I do it barefoot, nothing happens. This gets worse the drier the air is.
This makes me conclude that I discharge static to my computer. Now, if the case is grounded, and being a giant metal box, I suppose the components should not be affected by the discharge. But they are affected, since the crash. By the loud fan noise of the graphics card and the loss of image I think it might be affecting the graphics card, but I could be completely wrong here.
Now the questions:
First, should I even be discharging and sometimes be feeling a shock when I touch the case, being the case grounded?
Second, is there any grounding problem that can cause this type of behavior, or a short?
Third, can this just be that electronics are sensible to static electricity and I should avoid touching it after getting up?
Being a software engineer, I am a complete noob at electronics, so I come here to ask for opinions or some insight about this, if anyone got some experience dealing with this kind of stuff.
If any of my assumptions were wrong, feel free to tell me and correct me, I just want to understand how and why this happens.
Thanks!
This makes me conclude that I discharge static to my computer. Now, if the case is grounded, and being a giant metal box, I suppose the components should not be affected by the discharge. But they are affected, since the crash. By the loud fan noise of the graphics card and the loss of image I think it might be affecting the graphics card, but I could be completely wrong here.
Now the questions:
First, should I even be discharging and sometimes be feeling a shock when I touch the case, being the case grounded?
Second, is there any grounding problem that can cause this type of behavior, or a short?
Third, can this just be that electronics are sensible to static electricity and I should avoid touching it after getting up?
Being a software engineer, I am a complete noob at electronics, so I come here to ask for opinions or some insight about this, if anyone got some experience dealing with this kind of stuff.
If any of my assumptions were wrong, feel free to tell me and correct me, I just want to understand how and why this happens.
Thanks!